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DELTA Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa and the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Thursday decried Nigeria’s ranking as the country with the highest maternal and child mortality rate in the world..... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2NYHXe4 Get More Nigeria...

Delta, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Rivers and Lagos states received the bulk of federal revenue in the first half of 2019. An analysis of FAAC disbursements for H1 2019 showed that the three tiers of government shared a total of N3.842 trillion. - Here’s a look at how much each of the five Nigerian...

The Delta State government has disclosed that all it has made necessary arrangements for the commencement of the 2019/2020 cycle of its jobs creation programme. Chief Job and Wealth Creation Officer, Professor Eric Eboh, disclosed this yesterday in.... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News...

Asaba, the capital city of Delta State in Nigeria, is ready to receive international flights again after the Nigerian Government gave it the tick of approval. According to a report in CH-Aviation, the Government has fast-tracked this approval. Hadi Sirika, Nigeria’s Aviation Minister is...

Former Delta State governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan’s hope of representing Delta South in the Nigerian Senate might have been rekindled, following the nullification of the election of Senator James Manager by the National Assembly … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2N3dQCC Get More...

The Delta State Police Command says it has arrested a woman for allegedly setting a young man ablaze over a N200 debt. Another female accomplice allegedly involved in the crime is on the run, Delta Police Commissioner, Adeyinka Adeleke has said. The young man simply identified as Sunday was...

The General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye on Sunday said the nation will be free from corruption when people get closer to God.... Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2NITq1q Get More Nigeria Metro News

Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, yesterday confirmed an international status for the Asaba, Delta State Airport, saying the state government is living up to standards on the required facilities. Sirika, who spoke with journalists after inspecting facilities at … Read more via The Guardian...

Explosion has occurred on the Abura crude trunkline belonging to the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company in Delta. The incident happened on Friday at Otu-Jeremi communiy in Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state.... Read more via Sahara Reporters – https://ift.tt/2LhXov5 Get...

Governors of the oil-producing states have resolved to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari over what they termed lopsidedness in the appointment of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Board Read more...

A sister-in-law to the Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa has been kidnapped. The lady simply identified as Elizabeth, is said to be the sister to Delta State Governor’s wife..... Read more via Ladun Liadi’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2HL6nUP Get More Nigeria Metro News

Keyamo said he hoped the FBI got their facts right about his childhood friend, whose name appeared on their list of 77 Nigerian fraud suspects. Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs, Festus Keyamo has reacted to the... Read more via Pulse Nigeria News – https://ift.tt/2MCmeZE Get More...

10 suspected internet fraudsters were on Wednesday August 21, arrested at their hideout in an early morning operation by Operatives of the Benin Zonal Office of the.... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2KPqlj4 Get More Nigeria Metro News

A yet-to-be-identified girl has been reported dead three days after she was allegedly gang-raped by some boys in a hotel room in Amukpe community in Sapele, Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State. The remains of the deceased was already decaying when it was found under the … Read more...

The Delta state police command has arrested a member of an armed robbery syndicate after he was overpowered by a woman during a foiled robbery operation..... Read more via Information Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2MsB4lu Get More Nigeria Metro News

Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has called for the quick resuscitation of Warri Port, saying it is a key factor to the economic development of the state and the nation. Speaking when the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli I, visited him in Asaba yesterday, … Read more via...

Alenin Joseph, an Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma graduate was stabbed to death by phone snatchers on his way home after arriving Warri from Calabar, where he underwent the mandatory one year national youth service. Joseph passed out of NYSC on July 25th in Calabar, the Cross River State …...

The Delta state police command has charged a 22-year-old man, Precious Michael, to court for allegedly bitting a woman’s’ breast during an altercation. According to the police prosecuting officer, Mrs. Blessing Okafor, the accused not only bit the lady on the breast, but … Read more via...

The pastor, who heads Light Way Ministry in Warri, was nabbed after one of his accomplices confessed to the police about his activities.... Read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/2ZkioXS Get More Nigeria Metro News

Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has congratulated the players and management of Warri Wolves Football Club of Warri, following their promotion to the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL). Warri Wolves, otherwise known as the ‘Sea Siders’, returned to the NPFL after four years in...